Sleeping with the enemy? Biodiversity conservation, corporations and the green economy
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Authors
Adams, William
Publication Date
2017-03-09Journal Title
Journal of Political Ecology
Publisher
University of Arizona Libraries
Volume
24
Pages
243-257
Language
English
Type
Article
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Adams, W. (2017). Sleeping with the enemy? Biodiversity conservation, corporations and the green economy. Journal of Political Ecology, 24 243-257. http://jpe.library.arizona.edu/Volume24/Volume_24.html
Abstract
This article explores the surprising closeness and apparent warmth of the relations between biodiversity conservation organisations and corporations. It argues that in this paradoxical engagement, conservationists are exhibiting an extreme form of pragmatism - a willingness to 'sleep with the enemy.' The article considers the implications of these arrangements using the metaphor of a Faustian Bargain, a deal with the devil to acquire power in exchange for the soul. It considers the lure to conservationists of the logics underlying collaboration in the forms of market-based neoliberal conservation and the green economy in the light of the long-standing tradition of opposition in the face of the destructive engagement between capitalism and nature. It considers the benefits of conservation of its Faustian bargain, and explores its consequences.
Keywords
biodiversity conservation, neoliberal conservation
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External link: http://jpe.library.arizona.edu/Volume24/Volume_24.html
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/263957
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